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limitation

[lim-i-tey-shuhn] / ˌlɪm ɪˈteɪ ʃən /


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The final letter, signed by Lyons and sent to the DOJ just two days later, abandoned even that limitation.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

In a BBC interview before he was asked to take the post, he made clear he opposes the limitation of MPs' terms as an intrusion on the right of voters to freely choose their representatives.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Yet one persistent limitation has kept most of them from becoming practical technologies.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

Customers including AI labs and large corporations have clamored to rent access to chips and computing equipment from them—to such an extent that their ability to supply it is more of a limitation than demand.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

Alvarez, meanwhile, pondered a similar physical limitation governing the acceleration of electrons.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Years later, after the statute of limitations had expired, the three actual perpetrators — Steward, Bailey and Teamer — all confessed, according to the center.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

Eliza shows how computing’s limitations at the time forced creative workarounds.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

The limitations of AI have become clearer since then.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Zilinskaite said the company contacted Ben Ashman, from Flylight Airsports, about her limitations, which informed them she was a "talented pilot" but needed assistance getting in and out of the microlight.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Interference from airflows bouncing off the solid walls of the test section, one of the phenomena examined by Margery Hannah and Sam Katzoff in their 1948 report, was one of the limitations of ground-based testing.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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